File handle



Patented May 17, 1932 ex.

UNITED STATES VIDA L. s'ronmmn, or FRANKFdRT, INDIANA FILE HAVNDLIE Application filed June a, 19s'i ,'..si i 'i 54 1327.

This invention relates to the art of holders or handles for files, and particularly to a type of holder which permits the operator to keep his hands above the surface being filed.

A primary object of the invention is to provide means whereby files may be quickly secured to and released from the holder.

A further important object of the inven tion is to provide file engaging means in conjunction with the holder that will not permit the file to drop from the holder upon releasing the grip on the holder and that will not cause files to become wedged in the holder on account of the usual tapered tang of the file frictionally engaging within the holder.

These and other objects will become apparent in the following description of the invention, as illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which :0 Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a holder enibodying my invention; and

Fig. 2, a rear elevation.

Like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views in the 2B drawings.

I form a holder to have a hand grip 10, the lower end of which is provided with an open ended passageway 11, preferably rectangular in cross-section and of suflicient width and 10 height to permit the tang 12 of a file 13 to be loosely inserted therethrough.

The passageway 11 is cut through by a notch from the under side of the holder and a block 14, preferably of a soft metal such as brass or bronze, is formed to be loosely inserted within the notch. This block 14 has a rectangular passage therethrough which may be matched with the passageway in the grip 10 by inserting the block to within the notch therein. The grip 10' is here shown as being hollow. A stud 15 has its lower end screw-threadedly engaged to the upper side of the block 14 and is inserted from an opening in the upper side of the notch through the hollow grip 10 to have its upper end slidingly pass out through the upper wall of the grip to screw-threadedly receive thereon a wing nut 16 as a means for pulling the stud 15 upwardly through the grip to, in turn, pull the block 14 upwardly within the notch in the under side of the grip, the notch being sufficiently deep to permit the block being pulled therein to a point whereby the passageway through the block may be carried somewhat above the alignment with the passa eway through the bottom of the grip.

*rom the upper end of the grip 10, a member is carried over and around and thence vertically downwardly to form a steadying leg 17, the lower end of which is adapted to be in contact with the upper side of the file 13. In using the holder, the tang 12 of the file 13 is first bent upwardly at a slight distance back of the heel of the file.

The tang is then inserted through the passageway 11 in the lower end of the rip 10,

the tang being also passed through 1; e passage in the block 14. The under side of the rip 10 and the passageway 11 thereabove are formed to be at an angle from the horizontal so as to slope upwardly from the heel of the file 13 and thus have the grip end out of the way so as not to strike the object-being filed.

With the file tang 12 inserted as indicated, the wing nut 16 is turned to draw up the block 14 to carry the tang tightly against the upper side of the passageway 11 in the grip 10 and there compressively hold it against longitudinal displacement. Thus, the file is firmly gripped by its tang within the handle, and may be quickly released by merely turning the Wing nut 16. The block 14, being made of brass or the like, resists longitudinal movement of the tang when it is pulled tightly thereagainst with but slight upward pull.

I claim:

In a file holder, a grip having its lower end oblique to the plane of the file and having a tang receiving passageway near the oblique end and having a notch cut through the grip, across said passageway said grip being hollow from the passageway to near the top of the grip, the upper end of the grip being carried over and around and downwardly to contact the file and form a steadying leg, a block seated in the notch and adapted to receive a file tang therethrough said block having a threaded socket and said block being made of a metal softer than that of the file tang and a bolt threaded at both ends having one end screwed into the socket and having the other end passed through the hollow grip and out through a hole in the top of the grip and a nut outside of the grip on the bolt to move the block and fasten the tang in the grip, the lower surface of said block being substantially flush with the oblique lower surface of the grip when the block is in grip-ping engagement with the file tang and said lower surface of the grip being then out of the plane of the 1 iiling movement of the cutting surface of the e. t In testimony whereof I alfix my signature. VIDA L. STODDARDL 

